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APPLICATION FILED 1AN.16.1915.

Patented July ll, 1916.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 11, 1916.

Application filed January 1c, 1915. Serial No. 2,627.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ISABELLA MURRAY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Lonerock, in the county of Kossuth and State of Iowa, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Undergarments; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in undergarments of{the union suit type and has for its primary object to provide a deviceof the above mentioned character which is formed of two similarpartsarranged to be secured to one another after being placed inposition upon the wearer by suitable fastening elements.

Another object is to provide a garment of the character described whichis particularly designed for the sick inasmuch as it may be secured upona sick person without necessitating the insertion of the limbs, body orarms in the garment, it being only necessary to place the person uponthe back part of the garment, then lay the front part upon the personand secure the edges of the two sections in such manner that a completegarment is formed.

Another object is to provide a garment of the character described thatis of simple construction, capable of being readily secured in positionor removed and which is cheap to manufacture.

The above and additional objects are ac complished by such means as areillustrated in the accompanying drawings, described in the followingspecification and then more particularly pointed out in the claim.

With reference to the drawings, wherein I have illustrated the preferredembodiment of my invention as it is reduced to practice, and throughoutthe several views of which similar reference numerals designatecorresponding parts, Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improvedgarment, Fig. 2 is a fragmentary horizontal sectional view showing themanner of forming a seam between the sections of the garment, Fig. 3 isa front elevation of the rear or back section of the garment, Fig- 4; isa horizontal sectional view taken on line H of Fig. 3, and Fig. 5 is avertical sectional view of one of the garment are provided spaced buttonholes 6. i

The front section 2 is divided on its longitudinal center as at 7 andcomprises similar parts 8 and 9. The edges of the body 3 are overlappedas shown in Fig. 1 and secured to one another by means of buttons 10. Inthis connection it will be noted that I provide buttons 11 at spacedpoints along the edge of the section 2 for cooperation with the buttonholes 6 in the back section 1.

In use should it be desired to place the garment upon a sick person, theperson 18 placed upon the back section 1 after said section is laid flatupon the bed and the sections 8 and 9 of the front section 2 may besecured to the back section separately or secured to one another priorto the securing of the front section to the back section. The

edges of the back section are bent over and. 1

secured by means of the buttons 11 to the front section as. shownclearly in Fig. 5 of the drawings and thus a comparatively fiat seam isformed along the edge of the garment.

It will be readily seen with reference to the foregoing description andaccompanying drawings that I have provided a simple and effectiveundergarment which will prove of great service in hospitals and forchildren in that it may be readily and easily secured upon the body whenin a position of repose without necessitating excessive or unduemovement of the limbs or arms of the body.

In practice, I have found that the form of my invention, illustrated inthe drawings and referred to in the above description, as

the preferred embodiment, is the most eflicient and practical; yetrealizing that the conditions concurrent with the adoption of changes indetails of construction, proportion and arrangement of parts may beresorted to, when required, Without sacrificing any of the advantages ofmy invention, as claimed.

, What is claimed is A bifurcated undergarment comprising a two piecefront section, fastening elements.

to secure the separate parts of the front sections to one another, afront arm portion formed integrally with each part of the front section,a one-piece back section having button holes about the edges thereof,

rear arm portions formed integrally with the back sections and havingbutton holes- N. L. Corrorr, EARL I. PETERSON.

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